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v CARRIAGE SEAT.

No. 416,872. Patented Dec. 10, 1889.

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. R. M. STIVERSL CARRIAGE SEAT.

No. 416,872. Patented Dec. 10, 1889.

UNITED STATEs PATENT OFFICE;

RUFUS MLsTwERs, ,on NEW .YORK, n. Y,

CARRIAGE-SEAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 416,872, dated December 10,1889.

Application filed April 2, 1889. Serial No. 305,684. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUFUS M. STIvERs, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Seats; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,

and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the. letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification. I

This invention relates to improvements in carriages of that class used for both pleasure and business, and sometimesknown as surreys or box-buggies, the object being to provide the carriage with an additional seat when desired, without detracting from its appearance as a single-seat vehicle when but one seat is required. I

To accomplish this result, the panel which forms a part of the seat-back is attached atat top; but when an additional seat is required this catch is released and the panel turned back, resting upon the top of the body, its cushioned side uppermost, thus forming a seat facing to the rear, the frame of the panel forming the back-support for In order to form a foot-rest for the persons occupying the back seat, the rear end of the box or body, which is hinged at the bottom, is allowed tofall outward, and is supported at the proper angle by suitable stays. When not required for use as an additional seat, the back panel is turned up into its place in the back frame, and the rear end of the box-body is also turned up,thus removing all appearance of the additional seat.

In the drawings illustrating this invention,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the carriage body and seat arranged as a single-seat ve hicle. Fig. 2 is a similar View of the parts as arranged for two seats. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the body, showing the parts in full lines forming a singleranged for two seats.

tion of the seat-arms and back-support.

seated vehicle and in dotted lines as ar Fig. 4 is a side elevation showing a modification in the construccarriage body or box, which may be of any desired formand mounted upon any suitable running-gear. The style preferred, however, is that shown in the drawingsnamely, a plain boX cut away in front to alloweasy ac cess to the seat and provided at the rear such point of attachment with hooks a,

which connect with the body.

, From each side of the body at the ends of the seat 0 extend upward the side supports D D of the back, connected at top by the cross-piece D, thus forming a frame in which is placed the panel E. This panel is connected at its lower side by the hinges e e to the seat 0, and when in an upright position in the frame its upper edge comes incontact with the rabbet on the lower edge .of the cross-piece, and is held in place by the boxlock or spring catch-bolt b," but when turned down to form a seat it rests upon the'supports I) at each side of the box or upon other suitable devices properly placed to retain it.

in position. The cross-piece D may be cushloned upon both sides, so as to form a soft seats in both front and rear.

which is to the front when it is in place in the frame, and which forms its top when turned down to make a seat facing to the rear. The rails cl (l, which form the seatarms, may be arranged, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so as to make arms for both seats, or, as illustrated in the modificationshownby Fig. 4, so as to make both arms and standards for the seat and its back. The construc: tion of the several parts may also be varied, as straps or metal rods may be used in place of the chains for supporting the end-board and the style of box' may be changed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

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551 In the several figures,A represents the 1 r Having thus described myinventionflelaim In testimony whereof I affix my signature as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, in presence of two Witnesses. the following:

As an improvement in carriage-seats, the RUFUS M. STIVERS. 5 combination of the hinged panel E, adapted to turn down, thereby forming a seat facing Vitnesses: the rear, with the supports Z1, substantially GEO. E. \V. STIVERS,

as shown and described; C. EUGENE FISCHER. 

